Bereft of his command, Harcourt was removed from the Imperial Navy command structure and placed in charge of a remote outpost.[3] While there, he decided to have his hologram of Janelle recovered. The Imperial I-class Star DestroyerAdjudicator had been dispatched to the barren world to destroy what was left of the Anya Karu, and so time was of the essence. Harcourt elected to enlist the services of the bounty hunterBoba Fett, despite only having enough money to pay for half of Fett's fee. Using deceit, the former captain made a deal to pay half of the fee before retrieval of the hologram and another half later. In truth, however, he paid Fett all the money he had up front. The bounty hunter made his way to the wreck of the Anya Karu, braving TIE/LN starfighter patrols and Harcourt's "bodyguards" before successfully finding the recording of Janelle and bringing it back to the outpost.[1]

When Fett presented him with the holorecording, Harcourt immediately began watching the short loop of his wife and reminisced about their first meeting. The former captain was pleased with the bounty hunter's work, but when Fett demanded payment, Harcourt was forced to admit that he had nothing with which to pay the bounty hunter. He suggested that he would not tell anyone else if Fett overlooked the shortfall, so as to preserve the bounty hunter's reputation, but Harcourt soon realized that Fett was not interested in such a bargain and intended to kill him for the transgression. Reflecting on the holorecording of his wife once more, Harcourt conceded that he had lived a good life, albeit a lonely one in the wake of Janelle's death and the Anya Kuro's scuttling. He admitted to Fett that he had only wanted to see his wife's visage and hear her say his name once more. As Harcourt professed his love for his wife one more time, Fett shot him in the back of the head, ending the former captain's life as the holorecording repeated its short loop.[1]

Harcourt was an officer of great distinction, hailed in his own time as a "hero of the Empire." His position afforded him privileges above and beyond those of a normal Star Destroyer captain, although he could not save himself from being held accountable as a scapegoat for his ship succumbing to Alliance sabotage. Harcourt was critical of the Empire in that instance, musing on the fact that his three decades of dedicated service were not even a consideration during the Anya Karu inquiry. Nevertheless, the captain took great pride in his ship even after it had been scuttled, keeping a model of it on his desk after being reassigned. Harcourt loved his wife dearly, and the feeling was reciprocated by Janelle. After her death, he valued his brief recording of her, to such a degree that he was willing to have his life ended just to see and hear the recording again.[1]

He had brownhair, which was graying at the temples, blue eyes, and light skin.[1]